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OF THE OBSERVATIONE of the festual and halie dayis. (Book 34)
CHAP. XXXII. (Book 34)
BOt the mater vil appeir mair euident gif ve sal enter in particular consideratione of the tra∣ditionis of the Papistical kirk, for thairin supersti∣tiouslie ar obseruit ane greit number of halie dayis aganis the command of God,* 1.1 Remember that thou keip halie the sabaoth day, Sax dayis sal thou labour, sua that gif ve labour not on euerie day of the oulk, except the sonday, ve brek this commandiment: And S. Paul vryttis aganis the obseruatione of the halie dayis maist planelie: [I feir leist I haue bestouit my trauel on zou in vain,* 1.2 for ze obserue dayis and zeiris, And siclyk I micht proue vtheris zour traditionis to be plane repugnant to Goddis vord and comman∣dimentis, as the Making and vorshipping of Imagis, the Inuocation of Sanctis, the Honoring of deid mēnis banes, the Ganging in pilgramagis and monie vtheris quhairof ze sould be eschamit.
The treu mening of the commād of God quhilk ze thrau for establishing of zour hae∣resie, is that thay sould not labour vpone the sevint day: As to the sax vthir dayis it is per∣mitted to thame to labour gif thay pleise, bot it is not commandit that thay labore, as ze falslie allege aganis the plane vordis of the scripture, cōsidering the Ieuis had monie fes∣tual